Book Reviews: The Fault in Our Stars and Divergent
During the summer, everyone needs a good read. Lucky for me, I was able to get my hands on some of the most popular books in young adult fiction. Today I will be reviewing two…
Month: August 2014
Ram’s Horns: Isaac Narrates the Sacrifice on Moriah
I was in a deep, sound sleep, enveloped by soft darkness, when someone shook me by the shoulder. “Isaac! Wake up, child!” I heard a voice, my father’s calling me.…
O For a Star: A Lord of the Rings Poem
Outside the lair: This wasteland chokes my hope, my breath. My doomed path looks only to death. My Burden hangs with heavy strain. It makes each step a piercing pain: A fiery wheel, an Eye…
Bart the Bard
Bart was a bard and was known as Bart the Bard. He wasn’t a very good bard, actually. His rhyming was terrible and his singing so out of tune that his audiences always ran screaming…
The Cave: Plato’s Fable and Christian Salvation
Picture men dwelling in a sort of subterranean cavern with a long entrance open to the light on its entire width. Conceive them as having their legs and necks fettered from childhood, so that they…
Book Review: Unraveling by Sara Ella
Description Unraveling (Unblemished #2) By Sara Ella Synopsis from Goodreads: What happens when happily ever after starts to unravel? Eliyana Ember doesn't believe in true love. Not anymore. After defeating her grandfather and saving the Second…
Book Review: The Unwanteds
Lately, I’ve become quite disgusted with the newest books available to middle school and teen readers. Such books, filled with inappropriate content, serve little purpose to better the minds and souls of young, impressionable readers.…
Writer’s Magic: Creating Political Plotlines in Your Novel
“So the Duke got the Duchess, the Duchess got the Doge, and the Doge got the Duke!”Politics are a huge part of life. Step outside and you’ll see campaign posters, signs stuck to telephone poles,…
The Marriage of the White Lady: A Lord of the Rings Story
It is one of those damp and foggy days, with sporadic rain pattering on the city of Minas Tirith. A poor time to have a wedding celebration, in my humble estimation. But here I am…